"They can be whatever you want them to be," said Stanton. "There's no right or wrong answer."

"We never asked them," added producer Lindsey Collins.

"We have not asked that of any of the couples in any of our shots in any of our movies," Stanton said.

Watching the full Finding Dory movie will not fully answer the question, either. The blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene flies past during a key action moment and is only slightly longer than the snippet used in the trailer. There's no conclusive evidence one way or another.

In March, Star Wars director J.J. Abrams said he was was asked if he could "imagine a homosexual character in Star Wars, and my immediate reaction was, 'Of course.' Star Wars is all about inclusivity."